1Kings:12:26-33
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And Jeroboam said in his heart , "
Now the kingdom may return to the house of David :
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If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem ,
then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord ,
Rehoboam king of Judah ,
and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah ."
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Therefore the king asked advice ,
made two calves of gold ,
and said to the people , "
It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem .
Here are your gods ,
O Israel ,
which brought you up from the land of Egypt !"
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And he set up one in Bethel ,
and the other he put in Dan .
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Now this thing became a sin ,
for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan .
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He made shrines on the high places ,
and made priests from every class of people ,
who were not of the sons of Levi .
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Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month ,
like the feast that was in Judah ,
and offered sacrifices on the altar .
So he did at Bethel ,
sacrificing to the calves that he had made .
And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made .
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So he made offerings on the altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month ,
in the month which he had devised in his own heart .
And he ordained a feast for the children of Israel ,
and offered sacrifices on the altar and burned incense .
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